Brtain's Got Talent is not her first!
Click here to watch a vintage video of Susan Boyle auditioning for the My Kind Of People U.K. talent show in the '90s.
She still sounded great then, but they were not into SuBo at all.
Everything has its time!
April 29, 2009
April 28, 2009
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation
The history of Sony's original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo.
That disagreement, which reportedly infuriated Sony president Norio Ohga, let to a transition in power. Edge explores the birth of the console that would ultimately change the landscape of the industry, with Sony chinking away at the armor of then-dominant consoles from Sega and Nintendo with its PlayStation. As a companion piece to the magazine's historical piece on the "Fall of Nintendo," it's a fascinating follow-up.
Not only do readers get a peek at preliminary PlayStation logos—which some have probably seen before—and the evolution of the console's controllers, we get a chance to see the old Sony guard in their prime, when Phil Harrison had hair and Ken Kutaragi had a real job.
There's real drama here, when consoles had surprise launches, executives undercut the prices set by their Japanese bosses and games like the original Tekken were complete unknowns. Fascinating stuff.
April 23, 2009
The Life & Times Of Nintendo's Game Boy
Haven't you heard? The Game Boy is 20! And to celebrate the occasion, Gizmodo artiste and Game Boy fetishist Jesus Diaz has whipped up this handy timeline, charting the machine's highs and lows.
You know, looking at this has reminded me; if there's one console I'm going to buy this year, it'll probably be one of those Famicom-themed Game Boy Micros. Get that, a copy of Link to the Past + Four Swords, and just lock myself away for a month.
Click the link below for the embiggened version!
April 15, 2009
6 Year-Old Buys Porn-Infested PSP From Wal-Mart
Hey, parents: if you're buying a games console from Wal-Mart, do the right thing and check it out first yourself. That way, you'll avoid what happened to poor little Eliso Tovar. See, the young kid was treated to a late, late Christmas present from his mom last week. She took him to a Wal-Mart in Manatee County, Florida, and bought him a PSP. All was well!
Until he took it home and turned it on. And found that the wallpaper was of a naked chick. And that the PSP somehow had a memory stick already inside it that was full of "hundreds of pornographic pictures".
Tamatha Tovar, the mother, returned to the store, where she was offered a free game for her family's troubles. According to MyFox National Reports, that wasn't enough for her:
"A spokesperson for Wal-Mart said they're concerned about the situation and are looking into what happened. Tamatha says she wants a new PSP and an apology."The original article does not state whether the PSP was used, factory reconditioned, or new. No matter the case, it's unfortunate that the situation occurred.
Wal-Mart offered to give the kid a new PSP game. Eliso's mom, Tamatha, is having none of it, and wants a whole new PSP instead.Source
April 14, 2009
Silent Hill Movie Sequel Will Be Sans Gans
Despite the first Silent Hill movie being, well, underwhelming for many, it obviously made enough money for a sequel. A sequel that will be made without original director Christophe Gans.Speaking with film site Bloody Disgusting, actor Radha Mitchell - who starred in the first film - said "I don't think Christophe is attached. [That] is a shame because he's a nutter but he's so passionate about the game. I think he should do it if they do it again."
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April 10, 2009
Why Was "Biohazard" Changed To "Resident Evil"?
Most of you are probably aware that, in Japan, the Resident Evil series is known as Biohazard. And if you're like me, most of you probably never stopped to wonder why.
See, my whole life, I just presumed it was "one of those things". That Biohazard was a kind of stupid name, and Capcom just felt like changing it. Never mind the fact that, when you separate it from its lore and familiarity, "Resident Evil" is an even stupider name.
Turns out that this whole time there was a reason. If you already know this, great, but if not, Capcom's Chris Kramer explains:
In late 1994, Capcom Entertainment in the US was starting to ramp up marketing plans for the game that would eventually become known as Resident Evil in the US. Capcom Japan had let us know that the name of the game was going to be ‘Biohazard' in Japan, but I pointed out to the person who ran marketing at the time that it would be next to impossible for Capcom to register the name in the US.
As an example, I pointed out that a crappy DOS-based game had just come out in the US called ‘Biohazard' (not to mention the New York hardcore band of the same name) and that we'd never be able to secure the mark. As a result, the head of marketing held a company-wide contest to come up with a new name for the game.
The winner of that competition was, of course, Resident Evil, being a pun on the fact the first game was set in a mansion. For the record, Kramer voted against it, saying the name was "super-cheesy".
April 9, 2009
Man Finds Ecstasy In Used Copy Of Grand Theft Auto
A man purchasing two used Grand Theft Auto titles from a store in Gloucestershire, England, over the weekend got more than he bargained for, to the tune of four tablets worth of the drug ecstasy.
Richard Thornhill purchased two used Grand Theft Auto titles from a Gamestation store in Cheltenham on Sunday. Upon opening one of the game boxes, a cling-film packet dropped from between the pages of the game manual containing four ecstasy pills, which he promptly brought to the local police station. Thornhill shudders to think what could have happened if his 12-year-old son or 16-year-old daughter had found the pills.
"I have two children and my son plays Xbox all the time. He could easily have opened the box and found them. I dread to think what the consequences would have been if he had. He is only 12. He could have died."
Of course any 12-year-old should know not to eat random pills they find inside video game boxes, but that's beside the point. The point here is that Gamestation sold a man a video game with psychedelic drugs inside it. How does that happen? Gamestation said:
"We have rigorous procedures for accepting pre-owned titles and checking them before they are put back on sale. We have launched an immediate investigation and we will work closely with police to find out what happened in this instance.
Anyone who has ever traded in a game at GameStop knows full well that they never, ever check the game manuals. One could theoretically print out a bunch of porn from the internet, wrap the game manual's cover around it, trade in their used copy of Animal Crossing, and then wait for the headlines to appear. Not that I am suggesting anyone try that, of course.
Somewhere in Gloucestershire a raver is completely kicking themselves right now.
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